TY - BOOK ID - 78143807 TI - Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! PY - 2014 SN - 0231850549 9780231850544 9780231167390 0231167393 PB - New York, NY DB - UniCat KW - Cult films KW - Cult classics KW - Cult movies KW - Motion pictures KW - History and criticism. KW - Meyer, Russ, KW - Faster, pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Motion picture : 1965) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78143807 AB - Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) is an enigma. A box-office failure when initially released on the grindhouse circuit, it has since been embraced by art-house audiences, and referenced in countless films, television series, and songs. A riot of styles and story clichés lifted from biker, juvenile delinquency, and beach party movies, it has the coherence of a dream, and the improvisatory daring of a jazz solo. John Waters has called it the greatest movie ever made, and Quentin Tarantino has long promised to remake it. But what draws them, and so many other cult fans to Pussycat? To help answer that question, this book looks at the production and critical reception of the film, its place within the cultural history of the 1960's, its representations of gender and sexuality, and the specific ways it meets the criteria of a cult film. ER -